Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1952 Page: 1 of 52
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•V THK KOITOR
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LIONS
The Advertiser's Annual Home-
coming edition is published in a
magazine section this year, and
inserted in this regular issue of
the paper, in order thai it may
he easier handled and ea-icr for
those of you who like to kwp
these paper* to take care of it.,
Issued each year for the pur-
pose of advertising the Home
routine and Kodeo, a special ef-
fort is made to make each edition
one 01 real interest and value to
our renders. This year, the pa-
per is composed entirely of
"Thumb Nail" sketches of people
who an- former residents of Bas-
trop. and hits of interesting infor-
mation about them.
While we realize that we have
only scratched tin surface as far
a> t h«- accomplishments of ex-
Hastropians are concerned, we
have had to depend entirely up-
on families and friends of tho <
individuals to help us get this in-
formation We were not able to
contact each one, and there are
many thai have been missed.
If there are enough who would
I'ke to be included and who miss-
ed this issue, we will publish a
small supplement to be combined
with this one later in the summer.
Of ft penal interest to many
people will be the following in-
formation which has come to us
through the courtesy of K F.
Pea re y. local postmaster, and the
Pout Offiee Department, General
Service" Administration, National
Archives and Records Service,
of Washington. D. C:
"According to the records of
the Post Offiee Department now
In custody of the National Ar-
chives and Record* Service, Wash-
ington, l> C,, a post office was
established .it Ba-trop, T>-xa*. on
Ma; 22, 1 s4<; ft wa< discontin-
ued July 2fi. IHS2, and re-eatab-
11shed on August 12. !*W"'2 Names
of postmasters and date* of their
appointment were i« follow
.farm Ntebol#>i . May J'J. !M«.
Chaut - <*> John <
1 H&2
August 12.
John S. Johnson, 24,
J «." 4
Charles Wertiner, August 1*.
flit,1,
Charles R Hay me. June 2®.
1 ss,fi
Geotgc F Has nay, September
21, 1 MWi
Durant H Bel', February 1.1.
1
Charles I". Ztegenhal* March
;t j, r.a)"
>'*11 ie K 11 rook*. January 2HS,
i
Thorn a W Cam, M a rch 10.
i :• 1 4
Churl"* V Ziegenha's January
1983
KU II Perkins, March 1.1.
I-Jr •' I lV.i-i •, . Noveniter
J lt#BS*
Htram Miller «« a Bastrop
boy. He grew up in awl around
Ka■ U'ttp, and e\«>nt ually left here-
to make hi* home in Milwaukee,
W laconetn, where be married and
ha# nice family.
H • remembered his younger
days m Texa#, anil (vis fs^vnte
remm; ••ence* included stories a-
i«ui! his "Texas potty"' His chil-
dren delighted tn the tales, •'Spe-
cially his 12-year old daughter,
Gail, who yearned for a "Texas
potty" of her own
I .as: fall. the Advertiser cat
ried a classified ad Hating sev-
eral saddle horses for sale, by
O \\ Allen, who !tve« on htgh-
way ITt, between Bastrop and El-
gin
(Jail read the Advertiser, and,
without mentioning her inten-
tions, she wrote to Mi Allen,
inquiring about the horses and
telling him how badly she wanted
one.
To her delight. Mr Allen re
plied, telling her that if she
would come to Texas after it,
he would give her a good saddle
horse.
Still saying nothing to anyone,
Gail hided her time, and this
spring, when Hiram had a few
weeks off, he and his family de-
cided to spend the vacation with
relatives in Bastrop.
When they reached Bastrop,
Gail astounded the family with
t h announcement that Mi Allen
bad promised her a horse, and
>JjV he must find hint.
With h< i ielatives in tow. he
visited Mr. Allen, and to the mr-
prise of all concerned, he assur-
ed her that she might have her
nick of .a* vera I ponies to take
bat It to Milwaukee with In*i
"1 hive to make childcwi hap-
py," Mr Allen said, "And it
seems to me thai if more older
people tried to make children's
dreams come true, there would
be less juvenile delinquency and
f«-wei wieck'tl live, in the world!"
(Hfram had to buy a trailer
to take the horse Itack home.)
Meets First and
Third Tuesday
7:30 P. M.
One-I lundredtb Yrer (kstablished 1853)
THK BASTROP ADVERTISER MAY 22, 1052
I 0c Per Copy
NUMBER 12
RKV. J. W. GRIFFIN
^ Commencement
Activities Set
May 25-30
Dr. J. I McCord will use an
' hi- topic "Responsibility arid the
i Future," when he addresses the
" Bastrop High School seniors at
the Commencement Exercises Fri-
day night, May .'10, at S o'clock in
the high school auditorium.
Rev. J. W. Griffin will deliver
the Baccalaureate Sermon Sun-
Si <ia\ night. May 25, at H o'clock in
the First Methodist Church.
7
SUMMER WATER
RATES IN FORCE
The summer water rates went
into effect I a > t month, according
to information received from the
City Utilities office, and will show
on the bills which will be received
on the first of June.
Bastrop is one of the fortunate
towns with a water suppiv which
affords not only unlimited use-
age. but reasonable rates during
the winter months, and extra-
reasonable rates in the summer,
so that citizens may keep their
yards and gardens in good shape.
DR. J. I. McCORD
cm SPK.-U
BEGINS
PROGRAM
Bastrop Makes
Plans For
Homecoming
With Homecoming only two
weeks away, Bastrop is swinging
into the final stages of prepara-
tion, getting ready to welcome
the annual influx of visitors who
look forward each year to the
big event
Outstanding of all of the en-
tertainment, of course, will In1 the
three big performances of the
Triangle Bell Rodeo, on th * Ro-
deo Grounds adjoining the Amer-
ican legion ("enter on the hill, at
s o'clock on Friday, Saturdav and
Sunday night?..
Other event* will include the
log opening panel# which
scheduled for t o'clock on Friday
afternoon, and which will feature
approximately 100 float* repre-
senting businesses, civic, church
and social organizations, ami
. owhovs attd cow girl-.
The Bathing Beauty Revue
will be held at the Bastrop State
Park swimming Pool immediately
after the parade, which will be
iiInjui "> o'clock
Three big dances art booked
at the American I .eg ion Center
fur PM each night, with music
by Womly Parker and bis mo-
dern swing hand on Fnday night;
Ro< kne Playboys on Saturday
night, ami Bill In-eh and the
Golden West Playboys „r, Sun-
day mght.
The Kiddie Para«b, one of the
outstanding attractions of the an-
nual affair, will be held at PM
>«n Saturday afternoon, and will
feature a series of fairy story
floats.
Historical Society have purchas-
ed this property and will remodel
it into a Museum, for which the
fund* received from the Tea will
be used.
Also a popular annual event on
the program is the Fisherman's
Motor Boat Race, down the Colo-
rado River from Austin to Bas-
trop. The boats will leave Mon-
topolis Bridge at 11 and 11:80
AM Sum.ay morning, arriving at
the finish point in Bastrop about
2:M0 PM
PICNIC TO BE HELD
SUNDAY MAY 25
The annual Alum Crtek picnic
and homecoming, sponsored by
the Alum Creek Cemetery Associa
tion will be held Sunday, May 25,
on the grounds at the Primitive
Baptist Church, which is half
way betwien Bastrop and Smith-
villp. Dinner will be served at
I o'clock. Everyone is welcome
to come and bring your basket
dinner.
The City of Bastrop started
space spraying thi- week, in an
effort to ktep down flies, mos-
quitoes and other insects during
the .summer months.
The program, which is primarily
a safe-guard for public health,
results also in considerable com-
fort for citizens with a minimum
of flies and insects during the
hot weather.
The usual charge of 25 cents
a month to each customer will
be made to help defray the cost
of the spraying.
ROCKNE CHURCH TO BE SCENE OF ORDINATION RITES AND
FIRST SOLEMN MASSES SATURDAY, MAY 31
Ft ■
until
■sift-
-a iir
day afternoon, the members of
! in* Bastrop Historical Society
will be hostesses at a Silver lea
at 702 South Main. Th< Bastrop
Ladies Reading Circle and th>
OAK HILL PICNIC
TO BE HELD MAY 30
The annual picnic for the bene
fit of the Oak Hill Cemetery will
be held Friday, May 30 at <'a'<
Hill. Tin public is invited H«5?
Sacred Heart Church, Rockne,
will be the scene of special cere-
monies on Saturday. May 31, at
10 AM, during which lit- Excel-
lency. The Most Reverend I.ouis
J Reicher, DD, LI.D, Bishop of
the Diocese of Austin, will ele-
va'e two sons of the parish to
the sacred order of Priesthood.
The candidates for the Ordina-
tion an- Reverend Victor Goertr.
at d Reverend Bernard Goertz
Although they are the fifth
and sixth nativi sons of the pa-
lish to !«• ordained, this will be
th< first time in the history of
the parish, that the ordination
ceremonies usually held in the
Cathedral Church of the Diocese,
will be performed locally. Other
members of the Rockne pari-h
previously ordained are The
Right Reverend Frederick O.
Beck, V F.. of Victoria; Reverend
Le<i Goertz of Schulenburg; Rev-
erend Alois Goertz, brother of
Reverend Victor Goertz. of Wei-
mar, and Reverend Edward
Bar"sch of Fredericksburg.
(ftshop Reicher will be assisted
by Reverend Edward C. Matocha,
i hatweilor of the Diocese of A us-
;in, and Reverend V?incent Har-
ris. I'hrincellor of the Dioeesse of
Galveston. Also assisting Bishop
Reicher will be The Very Rever-
i ml Gilmore H. Guyot. C. M .
Ib-ctor of St. John's Seminary in
San Antonio, where the candi-
dates for ordination hove com-
pleted their college and theolo-
gical studies, and Reverent! Carl
Schulte, C. M., also of St John's,
1'iar of the Major Seminary Dc
jtar'rnen' Reverend Aloi- (imi t r
REV. VICTlili t.OERTZ
will serve 'a- chaplain for his
brother and Revert ttd Fdwaitl
Bart.-cb as chaplain for Rever-
end Bernard Goert® during the
Ordination Mass. Minor min-
isters «:ll he Mr Charles Ht r-
zig, Second Master of t eremo-
nies, Mr. Uotiert Clark, Book-
bearer. Mt Bent diet Goertfc. aNo
of Rockne. Bugia-bearer. Mr. A
ton Rudolph, Mitre-bearer, ^I i*.
Louis Fritz, Croatier-bearer, Mr.
1. o Rosloiuec and Mr Edward
Thome. Acolytes. All the minor
ministers are >udents for the
Priesthood at St. John's Seminary.
Following the ceremonies, lun-
cheon will be served in the school
auditorium for the Bishop and
RK\ BERN \RD (JOERTZ
clergy and members of the im-
mediate families of those being
ordained.
On the following day, Sunday.
June 1, the newly ordained will
celebrate their First Solemn Ma.—
s at Roenne with services begin-
ning at 9:30 AM. Following the
proct ssional. Reverend Vict o r
Goertz will offer his First Solemn
Mass to be followed immediately
by the sermon for the occasion to
be delivered h\ The Very Rev-
erend Gilmore Guyot. C. M. The
First Solrnn Mass of Reverend
Bernard Goertz will follow the
sermon. For the first of the Mas-
ses, The Right Reverend F. O.
(Continued on page -1)
Wildest Rodeo
Scheduled For
Homecoming
The Fifth Annual Homecom-
ing Rodeo will b- the wildest
ever seen in this section of the
State, according to Cecil Long,
chairman of the publicity com-
mittee. Mr. Long stated that
Duke Gibbs, the producer of the
Rodeo, has just finished a show
in Brownwood where the people a-
greed that is was the fastest,
most colorful Rodeo ever seen in
that part of the state.
Long said, "We thought that
last year we had seen the tops
in bucking horses and the most
vicious bulls in an arena; but our
Rodeo Committee tells us that
Mr. Gibbs has sperit all winter
improving his stock. 1 don't see
how he can make his stock tough-
er than they have been, but I
have got to believe our Commit-
tee, who have seen his new stock
and who are all veterans of our
four previous shows."
In speaking of veterans of the
past Rodeo Committees, Mr. Long
was referring to Bower Crider,
Curtis Sanders and William Hig-
gins, all of whom have served
on the Rodeo Committee since the
beginning. Bud DeGlandon is the
fourth member of the Committee,
and, according to Long, is the
"ticket mar., and he ought to
know how to do a good job, be-
cause he has Fay to assist him."
The Glamorous Girls will be
here also. In addition to fa-
mous trick riders, the Rode«>
Committee hat- booked the
World's Champion Woman trick
and fancy roper. She is Charlene
Calvin of Shawnee, Oklahoma.
"And the Committee has not
forgotten the clowns, either,"
said Mr. Long. The clown ts
more than just to entertain the
audience. He is the protector
of the boys who ride the bulls.
The rider simply will not ride
unless good clowns are in the
arena to assist him. The Com-
mittee says that we have two of
the be.-t in the business."
"The Committee also tells me
i that we will have the most vi-
cious, the wildest stock ever
seen." says publicity chaittnan
Long; lint, he concludes. "Per-
sonally 1 am glad that the Com-
mittee has also arranged for
I host* beautiful, glamorous and
colorful girl trick riders and
performers."
WHOSE FARM OR RANCH IS THIS?
"A beautiful fainting and
ranching area" is the waj Zekan-
Bobbins m rial photo company de-
scribes. the country around Bas-
trop aftei taking Si aerial farm
photos here a few weeks ago.
These photc are taken for the
Advertise! and the COSt of the
photos and the engraving* from
which they are printed is paid fot
by the Advertiser.
In so doing the Advertiser is
ret agnizing farming and ranching
as the big I hi -incus it
and also creating a
guessing contest among
of this newspaper.
\ Mystery
Nobody knows who i
photoeraphei snapped
lug aerial cameras. It i
caders to let she
know whose farms or ranches an
published eaeh week. The publish]
e-rs do not know whose farms ot
ranches will ht printed -evert tie
photng!aphers do not know
However, the photographer?
charted a course to include fat inl-
and ram hei throughout the ar
around Bastrop, and they can
eonte back and take more photo
w it bout fluplieat ion.
A beautiful enlargement of the
original photo will I* given free
to the operator of each farm or
ranch a soon as it appears in the
'<ew (taper Howt ver, the operntot
(Continued on back page)
Advel I l^el
\\ HOSE I \ R.M <|R RANCH IS
THIS *' 'Phis is an aerial photo-
graph of stime farm or ranch in
Ba hop County. We don't know
whose it is, but hope you can
identify it. There will be <>'! -ueh
'unknown farms and ranches pub
Ii hod this year, and the \DVER
\ 1) \ t ! I
>a\ing
!<h n! it ii
t hem
pialit . I h
nten
t mefttn
f each wt el
published 11
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Entries For
Kiddie Parade
Requested
Anyone who is interested in
entt ring individuals or floats in
the Kiddie Parade, which will be
held at 5 I'M on Saturday after-
noon, June 7, one of the attrac-
tions of Homecoming, is asked
to contact Mrs. Vernon Eskew or
Mrs. R M. Wiley, at the earliest
possible time.
The parade this year will be
a ,-eries of floats depicting fairy
stories. However, there will also
be a walking section for any who
would like to enter.
The co-chairmen suggest that,
if o4tc individual does not feel
capable of handling an entry a-
lone, she contact a friend anil
and use their combined efforts!
The success of the parade de-
pends entirely on each individual
person doing some specific job,
and the help of every interested
person is earnestly solicited.
MISS BASTROP
TO BE SELECTED
SUNDAY JUNE 1
Miss Bastrop will b
d
front the group of young ladies
who are competing for the title,
on Sundiv, .rune I, a the Bas-
trop State Bark Swimming Pool,
according to the Ba 'top Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Miss Bastrop will represent
Bastrop at the Bathing Beauty
Revue on Friday afternoon, June
t; immediately following Dm
(I once ning Paradi
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1952, newspaper, May 22, 1952; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237376/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.